Pine Castle News

Pine Castle is able to help more people with the $5,000 from The Players. While everyone celebrates The Players Championship each summer, it's months earlier when everyone locally cheers.

DAN SCANLAN/Staff Rotary Club of Mandarin members Ken McCauley , Ed Washington and Sam Folds hand out free dictionaries to nine classes of third graders at Loretto Elementary School.

To the person who complained about the "potty talk" at lunch: Get a life. Quit eavesdropping, and mind your own business, or else get married and have the pleasure of having a child.

BEACON PHOTOS/PAT HATFIELD Where old tanks go to die - Electronics specialist Don Heaton, left, and quality-assurance specialist Chris Townsend check out M-60 tanks, used during the Korean and Vietnam wars.

At 27-years-old, Justin Brosseau is a working man with a degree. But exactly 10 years ago at 10:45 in the morning, Justin left high school to go home.

The Rev. Richard Eugene "Gene" Hager, a Presbyterian minister and former Army chaplain who once directed the Pine Castle Center for mentally challenged adults, died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday.

Hundreds showed up at First Baptist Church of Pine Castle Monday morning to receive a free seasonal flu shot from the Orange County Health Department, but some of them left disappointed.

The pastors who made national headlines after taking in a Columbus teenager who converted from Islam to Christianity are reorganizing their Orlando, Fla., church.

Blake and Beverly Lorenz comforted teenage Christian convert Fathima Rifqa Bary but are no longer associated with Global Revolution Church.

The man that was reported missing from Pine Castle school for mentally handicapped has been located.

The other day I was looking for information about Pioneer Days in Pine Castle. I was to inquire about having a booth.

Bethany Winz is a bright Orlando teen with a summer reading list that includes: "Mere Christianity," by C.S. Lewis; "Don't Waste Your Life," by John Piper; and "Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations," by Alex and Brett Harris.

Belle Isle and Edgewood are considering a joint venture to build or repurpose an existing building for a charter high school.

T housands of students and parents in Orange County will enjoy a brighter summer after learning that their beloved neighborhood schools won't close.

Superintendent Ron Blocker recommended today that the Orange County School Board delay plans to close six small elementary schools.

I ran across a 13 mile historical trail hike on the Internet recently. I thought it'd make a nice trek for some in the Conway area.